The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corrosive \Cor*ro"sive\, n.
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That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
[Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene.
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That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives.
--Hooker. -- Cor*ro"sive*ly, adv. -- Cor*ro"sive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a corrosive manner.
Usage examples of "corrosively".
Paris said corrosively, pecking at his console with one hand, cradling his other arm in his lap.
She had known he would be angry with her, but she hadn’t guessed he would be so unforgivingly, corrosively furious.
A man hates those companions corrosively, and these men hated their prisoner.